| Dis-orientations: Philosophy, Literature and the Lost Grounds of Modernity Contributor(s): Schuback, Marcia Sa Cavalcante (Editor), Lane, Tora (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1783482567 ISBN-13: 9781783482566 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $174.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 142.78 |
| LCCN: 2014035805 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This highly original collection of essays contributes to a critique of the common understanding of modernity as an enlightened project that provides rational grounds for orientation in all aspects and dimensions of the world. An international team of contributors contend that the modern principles of foundation show in themselves rather how modernity is disorienting itself. The book brings together discussions on the writings of philosophers who treat more systematically the questions of foundation and orientation, such as Kant, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Pascal, and Patočka, and studies of literary works that explicitly thematize this question, such as Novalis, H lderlin, Beckett, Platonov, and Benjamin. This multi-disciplinary approach brings to the fore the paradox that modern figures of grounding and orientation unground and disorient and demonstrates a critical path to review current understandings of modernity and post-modernity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schuback, Marcia Sa Cavalcante: - Marcia Sa Cavalcante Schuback is Professor of Philosophy at Sodertorn University, Sweden. She has published widely in both English and Portuguese, including the Portuguese translation of Heidegger's Being and Time.Lane, Tora: - Tora Lane ph. D is a Project Researcher at CBEES, Sodertorn University, Sweden. |